Lauren O'Brien

Jan 21, 2025 | whitecoatinvestor.com | Gretchen E. Green |Lauren O'Brien

By Dr. Gretchen Green, Guest WriterThe risk of being sued is the proverbial elephant in the room during every clinical encounter with patients. Even though most of my fellow radiologists fear a lawsuit with potential personal, professional, and financial consequences, 2022 data indicates the majority of physicians will not actually be sued during their careers. I was not one of the lucky ones, however. Just a few years into my clinical career as a radiologist, I was sued.

Jan 15, 2025 | whitecoatinvestor.com | Lauren O'Brien

By Dr. Edward Stewart Geary, Guest WriterThinking of working or retiring overseas? Do you still have financial and family connections with a foreign country while working in the US? Perhaps you just want to set up a small bank account and buy property for a nice vacation nexus near some foreign tropical beach.

Dec 28, 2024 | whitecoatinvestor.com | Lauren O'Brien

By Dr. Bryan Jepson, Guest WriterWhen my son Aaron was diagnosed with autism at age 3, our world changed. Almost overnight, we were involuntarily thrust into an unfamiliar and scary new reality that would permanently alter the direction of our lives. Our focus shifted from playdates and pre-K to ABA, special diets, and IEPs. You know how they say that there is no handbook for parenting? Well, compared to raising a child with special needs, especially in 2001, there are volumes.

Dec 25, 2024 | whitecoatinvestor.com | Lauren O'Brien

By James Enriquez, Guest WriterThe Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changed many things within the tax code, such as eliminating personal exemptions, increasing the standard deduction, lowering the top tax rate, and reducing the number of tax brackets. However, many of those changes are scheduled to “sunset” back to the “old” pre-TCJA tax regime of 2017. Now that a new presidential administration will be installed in January, many have speculated that the TCJA or certain provisions will be extended.

Dec 9, 2024 | whitecoatinvestor.com | Keith Roxo |Lauren O'Brien

By Dr. Keith Roxo, Guest WriterI have been in the Navy for over 30 years now. About half of my career has been as a combat-rated Naval Aviator, and the other half has been as both a pilot and a physician. Aviation was always my first passion, so I trained in Aerospace Medicine, and I have worked almost exclusively within aviation-related units for my physician jobs. For much of my time as a Navy physician, I also continued to fly as a pilot.